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Garrett <tecknode@NOSPAM.invalid> looked up from reading the entrails of
the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 02:32:35 +0400, "Andrew Rybenkov"
><aryb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>Q> On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:36:22 +0400, Garrett <tecknode@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>Q> 
>Q> >
>Q> > It is the....
>Q> >
>Q> > nD3D9sHADER: failed to create effect file 'shaders:shape_vs_3_0_ps_0'
>Q> >
>Q> > ....error.
>Q> >
>Q> >
>Q> > REF:  WinXP SP2, nVidia GeForce 7900GS
>Q> >
>Q> > Note the game is on my J: drive.
>Q> >
>Q> > And I have "DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)"
>Q> >
>Q> >
>Q> 
>Q> probably nVidia driver thing.
>Q> 
>Q> Did you install DirectX that came with the game?
>Q> (...\Steam\steamapps\common\Drakensang\directX)
>
>You've got to be kidding?!  Downgrade a key component?

Downgrade?

Google say Drakensang was released in Aug 2008, which would have made
the current DX version 9.0c since it came out in Aug 2004.
It might have also come with 10.1 for Vista SP1 since that came out in
Feb 2008.

You're using XP, 9.0c is what that game came with for XP so that's not
the problem.

Unless it's specifically looking for pieces of it in the above mentioned
directory instead of under the windows directory - not sure how
Drakensang references that stuff.
Mind you the steam games I do have all installed that without giving me
a choice, so likely Drakensang did too.

No one seems to check to see what version you're running anymore and
only installing theirs if needed, now they just install.
I suppose it sorta makes sense, since the current installation could be
damaged.

Xocyll